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prelude

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prel·ude /ˈpreljuːd/ noun [countableC]  
1  a prelude to something BEFOREif an event is a prelude to a more important event, it happens just before it and makes people expect it 某事物的序幕[前奏，开端]
 Living together as a prelude to marriage is now considered acceptable in many countries.
婚前同居如今在许多国家都已被接受。
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a prelude to something• Morley denied that they were intended as a prelude to parliamentary government.• Computer simulations are only mechanical extensions of this verbal power, which manipulates signs and symbols as a prelude to manipulating things.• These contacts could be a prelude to an event that would be much more attention-grabbing.• Could this be a prelude to a trade war even more destructive of world prosperity than a military war?• Even this one-day proceeding is merely a prelude to the real case.• The search for the seat of divinity in man and nature is only a prelude to the aspiration for transcendence.• Your notes should be the product of historical thought and not simply a prelude to it.• This outing was a prelude to many more.
2  APMa short piece of music, especially one played at the beginning of a longer musical piece or before a church ceremony 〔音乐作品的〕前奏曲，序曲
 Chopin’s Preludes
肖邦的前奏曲
 an organ prelude
管风琴前奏曲
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prelude• This identification was emphasized in 1483 when Gloucester took the precaution of arresting lord Stanley as a prelude to his usurpation.• Computer simulations are only mechanical extensions of this verbal power, which manipulates signs and symbols as a prelude to manipulating things.• Could this be a prelude to a trade war even more destructive of world prosperity than a military war?• The search for the seat of divinity in man and nature is only a prelude to the aspiration for transcendence.• This outing was a prelude to many more.• The squall was a prelude to a fully-fledged gale, heralded well in advance by warnings from the meteorologists.• Also, it is considered by many as an anachronism, mere prelude to a party on the river for Hooray Henrys.
Origin prelude
(1500-1600) French prélude, from Medieval Latin praeludium, from Latin praeludere “to play before”
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 9954 COCA: 11839
prelude

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 1short piece of music一小段音樂ADJECTIVE | VERB + PRELUDE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤instrumental, orchestral器樂序曲；管弦樂前奏◇the orchestral prelude to the cantata康塔塔的管弦樂序曲➤organ, piano管風琴／鋼琴前奏曲➤brief簡短的前奏➤opening開幕序曲◇the opening orchestral prelude開幕的管弦樂前奏曲➤B major, D minor, etc. * B 大調、D 小調等序曲VERB + PRELUDE➤open with以序曲開始◇'The Magnificat' opens with a long organ prelude.《尊主頌》以一段長長的管風琴序曲開始。PREPOSITION➤prelude for⋯的序曲◇seven preludes for piano7 首鋼琴前奏曲➤prelude to⋯的前奏◇The theme recalls the prelude to Wagner's 'Lohengrin'.主題曲使人想到了瓦格納的《羅恩格林》序曲。
prelude

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 2sth that happens before a more important event重要事情發生之前的事情ADJECTIVE | VERB + PRELUDE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤essential, inevitable, necessary必不可少的開端；不可避免的前奏；必要的序幕◇a necessary prelude to privatization私有化必要的序幕VERB + PRELUDE➤serve as作為序幕◇This analysis will serve as a prelude to a more extended examination.此項分析將作為進行更廣泛檢查的序幕。➤consider sth, see sth as把⋯看作序曲PREPOSITION➤as a prelude作為序幕◇events held as a prelude to the Christmas festivities作為聖誕節慶典前奏的一些活動➤prelude for⋯的序幕◇the prelude for the battles ahead即將到來的連場戰事的序幕➤prelude to⋯的前奏◇He considered the strikes a prelude to the great socialist revolution.他認為這些罷工拉開了偉大的社會主義革命的序幕。PHRASES➤a prelude to war戰爭的序幕◇the fear that any peace was merely a prelude to war認為任何和平只是戰爭的序幕的恐懼➤be but a prelude to sth, be just a prelude to sth, be merely a prelude to sth, be only a prelude to sth只是⋯的一個序幕◇Every life is but a prelude to a death.每個生命都只不過是死亡的前奏。◇This is just a prelude to a larger attack.這僅僅是更大規模攻擊的前奏。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 9954 COCA: 11839
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 9954 COCA: 11839
prelude
Parts of pieces of music: accompaniment, arpeggio, breakbeat...
Pieces of music: adagio, air, allegro...
Events that happen before other events: preface, prelude, precursor...

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